Improvement in vulcanized-rubber cravats



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WILLIAM IV. BEACH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR. TO HIMSELF AND FREDERICK OHAMBERLAIN, OF SAME PLAGE.

MPROVEMENT IN VULCANIZED-RUBBER CRAVATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 43,62%), dated July 19, 1864.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. BEACH, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cravats; and the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reti rence cravats or neck-stocks, and the mode of but` toning or seeming the saine together at the ends, and at the saine time attaching bows or other appendages for ornament or use.

To enable others skilled inthe art to make and use my improvement, I will describe it more fully, referring to the drawings and to the letters marked thereon.

I make my cravat of hard vulcanized indiarubber er of any equivalent substance that is anti corrosive or non-absorbing in narrow bands, as A A in the several figures, or they maybe in any desired form or size. The width and shape may bc varied to suit the various styles or tastes of individuals. They may be made plain orthey may be embossed or wrought in figures of various devices or perforated in tig- 1 r s or holes of any shape or size, for the purpose of lightening or ventilation, or vent-ilation by corrugation. In each end ofthe band A A, which encircles the neck, I make round holes or eyelets C D, for the purpose of attaching knots or bows By C', or any other or nament or device. These bows may Le made ot' silk or any other suitable fabric and of any desirable color.

For the purpose of easily attaching the knots, bows, or other appendages to the cravat I use soft vulcanized rubber buttons or other equivalent elastic substance thatcan be contracted, so as to be pressed into or through the eyelets C D, thereby holding' the ends ot' the cravat A A together a'nd in its place, and to prevent the band or cravat from changing its position or working round on the neck I make similar eyelets in its center or on the sides, into which the soft rubber or elastic buttons may be forced, which will hold it in place. A paper collar,e e, may be temporarily attached or cemented to the inside of the rubber band or cravat A A and turned over, as seen in Figs. 8, 11, and l2, so that the collar and cravat, heilig attached together, will be pnt on at one and the same time and present the most genteel appearance.

The advantages to be derived by my invenf tion are that hard rubber, gutta-percha, and. other substances or prepared gums are anticorrosive and will not oXidize or rust like metallic substances when used for articles of wearing apparel. They are alsouion-absorbing, and consequently perspiration will not affect their appearance or durability, and they can be easily cleaned of dust or anything that may adhere to them by the use of a sponge and water, and thus kept in a perfect condition for service as easily and with as little trouble to the possessor as to wash. the hands or face.

Having,r thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent, is-

l. l'he application of hard vulcanized india rubber for neekties and cravats.

2. Embossing and ornamenting neckties and cravats when made ot'lhard vulcanized india-rubber and of ventilating the ties and cravats by perforation or eorrugation.

WM. W. BEACH.

Witnesses:

M. H. CHAMBERS, W. S. TIsDALE. 

